This week at Inhabitat we saw several hot advances in solar high tech* that stand to shape how our buildings are built and how we power the stereos in our lives. CASE in point: this comely glass photovoltaic system can be affixed to windows and genuinely magnifies the llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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In other photovoltaic news, scientists at the teaching hospital of Pennsylvania just unveiled the world's first solar-powered circuits. These tiny chips may one day be chip totally




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We're also excited to see that the finalists of the 2010 Greener Gadgets Design strife have been announced. Two of our favorites right off the bat are these wind turbine streetlights that harvest energy from passing cars and Rocco, the kinetic energy-generating rocking horse. Check out all the entries and vote for your favorite!



This week was a big week for productive aviation as we learned of Portugal's plans to replace PVC airplane parts with third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 cork and watched as Seymourpowell floated a fantastical plan for a fuel-cell powered luxury airship.



Finally, the states may be getting charged for Super Bowl Sunday, but youth in Africa are kicking around a original kind of moot point -- one capable of generating energy in off-grid locations. We also saw a similar concept called the swirl ball that makes doing laundry a blast - fill it full of clothes and water and then kick it around until they're clean.

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